Nobel Peace Center
A Victorian railway station that stopped running trains in 1989 now holds the full story of every Nobel Peace laureate.
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British architect David Adjaye redesigned the 1872 Georg Andreas Bull station building with distinctive color schemes, while American designer David Small built its interactive hi-tech installations. The museum walks you through each laureate's work using multimedia technology. Oslo City Hall, where the prize ceremony happens every 10 December, is directly across the square.
What to look for
- The 1872 station exterior by architect Georg Andreas Bull — look for the original Victorian railway structure
- David Adjaye's color schemes throughout the interior redesign
- David Small's hi-tech interactive installations presenting the laureates
Located at City Hall Square (Rådhusplassen); Oslo City Hall, site of the annual 10 December ceremony, is steps away.
Nobel Peace Center is one of 27 sights worth the detour in Oslo, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Oslo pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Oslo
- Oslo Opera HouseThe roof is a public plaza — walk straight up the white marble slope and look out over the Oslofjord.
- Munch Museum (MUNCH)Nearly 28,000 works by one artist — Munch left everything to Oslo, and Oslo built a whole museum around it.
- Akershus FortressSeven centuries of sieges, and it never fell once.
- Unity ArenaNorway's largest indoor venue — 25,000 people under one fixed roof, from handball finals to headline concerts.
- Royal PalaceParliament cut its funding mid-build — twice — and it still became Norway's royal seat.
- Oslo CathedralTwo royal weddings, two centuries of state ceremony — Oslo's main church has been at Stortorvet since 1697 and hasn't stopped working since.